# Haywood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haywood/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,360 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,816 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (17,485 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪwʊd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Heawood, Heywood |

## Etymology

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haywood in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haywood in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Australia.

## People named Haywood

- Eliza Haywood, British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor
- Spencer Haywood, American basketball player
- Brendan Haywood, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Hurley Haywood, American racecar driver
- Dave Haywood, American musician
- Nigel Haywood, British diplomat (born 1955)
- Chris Haywood, Australian actor
- Pippa Haywood, British actress
- Harry Haywood, American politician (1898-1985)
- William Henry Haywood Jr., American politician (1801–1852)
- Ross Haywood, Australian long-distance runner

## Similar surnames

Heywood, Hood, Heath, Hewitt, Hyde, Head, Hoyt, Hyatt, Hathaway, Hite, Hiatt, Hutto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.